Huang Hong Movies

A night of celebration turns into a subtle interrogation among three old friends in this drama from Chinese auteur Ning Ying. It's New Year's Eve in Beijing, and Niuniu (Hung Huang), the editor of a successful fashion magazine, has a big evening planned. She's laid out a feast of gourmet food and has invited over three of her best friends for an evening of mah jong, television soap operas, and girl talk. But Qinqin (Li Qinqin), Lala (Liu Sola), and Madame Ye (Ping Yanni) don't realize that Niuniu has more in mind than just a fun evening indoors. Niuniu has discovered that her husband is having an affair with one of her closest friends, and she's certain it's Qinqin, Lala, or Madame Ye, and over the course of the evening, she hopes to find out just who has betrayed her trust. Perpetual Motion (aka Wuqiong Dong) received its North American premier at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

First-time director -- and actor -- Huang Hong presents the tale of a goodly farmer who suddenly has his hands full with more than two dozen orphans in his household in the domestic comedy 25 Kids & One Dad. Zhao Guang (director Huang) has literally gone from rags to riches, having been an orphan raised by the townspeople of his small village to building one of the most successful chicken farms in the region. In a spontaneous moment of largesse while attending a local civil ceremony, Zhao donates a large sum of money to the regional welfare organization and proclaims his wish to adopt every orphan in the region. Soon, the farmer begins finding scores of children on his doorstep and begins the process of picking out the true orphans from the fake ones. As the final count comes down to 25, Zhao takes them in and begins to feed, clothe, and educate them -- which takes a toll on his savings and draws the ire of his fiancée, Guiqing (Li Lin). ~ Ryan Shriver, Rovi